The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-15
GOOD CHEER FOR ERIN.
THE RALLY AT WASHINGTON A
BIG SUCCESS.

Men Prominent in the Halls of Con-
gress Take an Active Part in the
oceedings-Senators Sherman and
Ingalls, Each Express Their Sympa-
thy for the Cause.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Sir Thomas
Henry Grattan Esmonde and Hon. Arthur
O'Connor, leaders of the Irish home rule
cause in the English Parliament, arrived in
this city this afternoon escorted by COM
mittee of the Washington Irish societies
who had gone to Baltimore to meet them.
In the evening they were rendered recep-
tion by the Irish societies and were con-
Quoted to the Masonic Temple, in
which the reception was held,
by an escort headed by the Third
Artillery Band, and consisting of the Union
Veteran Corps, Columbia Rifles, Emmett
Guards, Continentals, Knights of st. Co
lumbkill, and the Catholic Knights of
America. The hail of the temple was bril-
liantly illuminated and tastefully decorated
with American and Irish flags and many
hued bunting, while such appropriate in
scriptions as Scotland, Wales and Ireland
demand home rule" American sympathy
the spirit of human liberty" and "Colum-
bia greets Gladstone and Parnell," orna-
mented the stage and walls.
A LARGE AUDIENCE.
The audience was a large one, and long
before the arrival of the guests nearly every
seat in the body of the hall was occupied.
Upon the platform were Senators Sherman,
Palmer, Ingalls, and Hawley, Representa-
tives Collins, Bland, Herbert, Cultivate,
Foran, Lawler, O'Neill of Missouri,
Woodburn, Phelan, Grain, Kennedy,
Parker, Nutting, j. d. Taylor, Yost and
Brown of Ohio, and McShane, Frederick
Douglass and Thomas H. Walsh, head of
the Irish movement in Washington.
Senator Ingalls, was expected to preside,
but he was late IN arriving and Mr.. Sher
man was selected as Chairman. Mr.. Ingalls,
appeared upon the platform shortly after
Mr.. Sherman began speaking.
STRONG SPEECHES.
The speeches of Messrs. Sherman, Ingalls,,
and Hawley were very strong and outspoken
in their sympathy with the Home Rulers,
and much enthusiasm was manifested.
Resolutions were adopted extending hearty
greeting to Messrs. Esmond and O'Connor;
protesting against the policy of the Tory
government of Englande: expressing conf
dence in and admiration for Mr. Parnell
extending thanks to Mr.. Gladstone, and
pledging financial aid to the people of
Ireland. The concluding resolution is as
follows:
ResolUed, That, in giving our moral and ma
terfal support to home rule, we express not
merely our wish to see the Irish people freed
from the cruel position in which they have been
so long forced to live, but also our sympathy
with the English people, from which so many
of us are descended, for we are convinced that
the English people can never have government
at home n lonQ & fhav nAlnnf had
to be inflicted on the people of Ireland; also,
that in arraying the best elements of the
English people in support of measures
to establish justice and prosperity in Ireland,
the great Liberal party has drawn the people of
England measurably near to us and now we
hope to see in the future such constitutional
harmony and personal good feeling throughout
the whole extent of Great Britain and Ireland
as now exist throughout the whole extent of
our Republic, a result never to be attained by
closure enactments which have no right to the
sacred name of law, enactments which can only
be enforced by the agency of imperial police
and standing armies.
sHERMAN's SPEECH.
Senator Sherman said that in appearing
here tonight he was bound to say that he
was neither an Irishman nor the son of an
Irishman, but the trouble was that his
ancestors had come to this country so many
years ago that it was absolutely immaterial
whether they were English, Irish, Scotch or
Welch. He knew one thing; he was an
American [applausel, and as an Ameri-
not only of matters concerning our national
affairs, but as to affairs of friendly nations.
He took pleasure in saying that he believed
that he spoke the general voice of the peo-
pie of the United States in every part of the
Union when he said to the distinguished
guests that the sympathy of America went
forth fully and heartily in strong desire
that they might have home rule IN Ireland
to the full extent demanded by Messrs. Par
nell and Gladstone [Applause.l He wanted
to see Ireland possess the same rights as
those enjoyed by the people of the United
States [applausel and he believed that in
this sentiment the general voice OF the
people went with him.
THE ENDORSEMENT OF LIBERTY's SONS.
1t was not because they were lrishmen but
because they were freemen, and deserved
the privileges of freemen that they in
dorsed this sentiment. No country could be
free unless it was governed by the people of
the community; and home rule meant gov
for the people," [Applause.l Why should
Ireland not have home rules Why
was it that the British government
denied to Ireland, the gem of the British
empire, what was conferred on all the Colo
nies of this great empire Irishmen had
led in the advance of all the great
battles which England had fought
for two centuries. Irish poets had not
only made love songs for sthe men
and women of the world but had written
the national anthems of that great empire.
Ireland had furnished the Demosthenes and
Ciceros of modern times. Ireland had pro-
duced great men in every branch
of life He did not claim any right
to govern the British empire or
to advise anybody in that great and power
empire how to govern it. All he could say
was that he hoped that the pleading vo.ce
of Mr. Gladstone, the greatest statesman of
the age, [applause1 would induce the British
Parliament to grant home rule and chat
the manly courage and brave persistence of
MIR. Parnell [applausel might be sustained
in his sickness by his growing hopes of
home rule in Ireland.
AMERICAS ONLY DESIRE.
All the American people desired for this
people of kindred race was the right to
govern themselves--not to break down the
British empire, but to pass laws affecting
their local interests without the interference
of the British Parliament. In conclusion
Mr.. Sherman said: "All we want and all
we pray for is that Great Britain may yield
give them home rule, and the British gov
ernment from that day forth will be
stronger than ever amid the powers of the
world" loud applaase.l
SENATOR INGALLS, HEARD.
Senator Ingalls,, after the applause with
vyhich ba vvae erected had S1fhSidpd said two